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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig prepares to testify before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP)

IRS blames pandemic, Congress for failure to process taxpayers’ returns

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo March 22, 2013, photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. The IRS sys it will stop using facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice came under criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Audit: IRS lost more than $400 million because of broken mail machines

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This March 20, 2018, file photo shows the Venmo app on an iPad in Baltimore. A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal the requirement that third-party internet platforms like Venmo and PayPal report transactions of more than $600 to the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Senate GOP pushes repeal of Biden’s $600 IRS reporting rule for online payment platforms

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

IRS abandons plans to subject website users to facial recognition

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

IRS: Collector and Preparer Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Congress should not let the IRS play both tax collector and preparer

By Rep. Jason Smith

In this March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The Treasury Department announced plans Thursday to hire 10,000 more IRS employees, which the tax agency vowed to use to try to solve an unprecedented backlog that's left millions of Americans without the refunds they believe they are owed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

CBO: Biden’s IRS tax-enforcement plan falls far short of White House revenue estimates

By Haris Alic and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington. President Biden’s proposed plan to hire more than 80,000 additional Internal Revenue Service agents could wind up helping the super-wealthy to avoid paying their fair share, according to a new analysis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Biden plan to hire 80K IRS agents will backfire, letting wealthy dodge taxes, expert warns

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure plan and his domestic agenda during a visit to the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

21 House Democrats urge Biden to nix IRS reporting requirement

By Haris Alic and Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Illustration on enlarging the IRS by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Five reasons to be concerned of Dems’ IRS snooping plan

By Alex Hendrie

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to the Economic Club, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Manchin predicts $10,000 IRS reporting rule will be stripped from budget bill: ‘Gone’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

‘Not good enough’: Democrats scale back $600 IRS disclosure after backlash

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, July 22, 2021, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Mrs. Pelosi is now backing away from President Biden’s push to give the Internal Revenue Service access to all bank transactions above $600 on Tuesday, saying that while she was committed to the policy its monetary threshold would be subject to “negotiation." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Pelosi: $600 IRS reporting threshold subject to ‘negotiation’

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

‘Surveillance state’: GOP sees government overreach in Biden IRS $600 disclosure plan

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

States with higher percentages of Black taxpayers see more IRS audits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday July 29, 2021, photo, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the House Committee on Oversight and Reform's ranking member, speaks during a hearing on voting rights in Texas in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Top House Oversight Republican doubles down on ‘IRS Snowden’ probe

By Haris Alic and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this April 13, 2014, file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) ** FILE **

GOP senators call for review amid concerns IRS targeting faith-based groups

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Washington ready to tax cryptocurrency trades, eyes $28 billion to help pay for infrastructure

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

New Hampshire man sues IRS over data collected from cryptocurrency accounts

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2021. Portman is working with a bipartisan group of 10 senators negotiating an infrastructure deal with President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Plan to beef up IRS dropped from infrastructure bill talks

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times